HD DVD promo body dissolves itself.

Its not news as what else could they do but:

http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/03/28/hd_dvd_promo_group_dissolved/

In a similar story Ken Graffeo is leaving his post at Universal

http://www.tvpredictions.com/hddvd032708.htm

[Post edited by Scotsman on Mar 28, 2008]

What next???

More server hosting space made available for the DVD2 Promotional Group

You didn't think they would just go away now, did you???

Actually it's DVD7 now. They use a yellow laser that allows pits of only .0001 nanometers in distance apart to be read making each disk capable of holding 1 trillion terabytes. Consumers have to be willing to install spinal plugs in order to interface with these players, but the upconversion is supposed to be "beyond super"!

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Consumers have to be willing to install spinal plugs in order to interface with these players, but the up-conversion is supposed to be "beyond super"!

I think that HD DVD and Blu Ray may have jumped the gun and stretched themselves too far forward for the average consumer.

DVD2 is supposed to get the generic DVD market buyer familiar with the HDi interactive experience on standard and up-converted SD-DVD's, to more easily move them to adopting HDi on an HDM format.

If Microsoft throws enough money at a SD-DVD HDi implementation, and is fully backed by the DVD Forum, they would lock out the BD-Java type of interactivity on current DVD Forum specifications.

If DVD2 can produce a 3-layer red laser based 720p HDM experience, along with HDi interactivity via an Internet connection, they would provide a baby step up from SD-DVD, with complete backwards compatibility.

The entry price point would be much closer to DVD than Blu Ray, and would prepare the market for a Super DVD (S-DVD) format that would likely surpass the capabilities of Blu Ray in technology.

Most of the HDTV sets sold today are only 720p capable anyway, with 1080p being the "high end" market.

I think the DVD Forum will still float a DVD2/S-DVD format to compete against Blu Ray before the end of 2008, and anyone with a 720p HD set will never know the difference between it and a 1080p format.

I would consider most people here at DVDTOWN.com to be amongst the Videophiles that would seek out the best 1080p experience, which would be among the HD DVD and Blu Ray fans, but the other 98% of new HDTV purchasers won't understand or see the difference between 720p and 1080p.

Herein lies an opportunity for the DVD Forum to revise the DVD format to a 720p standard, then move forward with a 1080p and beyond optical disc format, probably based back on the HD DVD design specs, but with a 3, 4, or 5 layer disc.

Interesting comment VC! You and wii-lite are have greatly improved your speculations of late. ) What you've said makes 'sense', and could happen, so Blu-ray backers will need to accelerate their awareness of the format, and also lower prices as fast as possible to encourage a greater adoption rate (obviously) to perhaps exceed expectations to date, yada yada yada. Again, I liked your comment scenario above.

-JIMI (the Voodoo Child)